Husbands, Duty of, to wives

~ DUTY OF, TO WIVES

• To respect them
  
  
  
  • + - ~ 1 Peter 3:7
    
    
    
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      Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

      
      
  
  
• To love them
  
  
  
  • + - ~ Ephesians 5:25-33
    
    
    
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      Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

      
      
    
    
  • + - ~ Colossians 3:19
    
    
    
    • Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
  
  
• To regard them as themselves
  
  
  
  • + - ~ Genesis 2:23
    
    
    
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      Then the man said, This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

      
      
    
    
  • + - ~ Matthew 19:5
    
    
    
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      and said, Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?

      
      
  
  
• To be faithful to them
  
  
  
  • + - ~ Proverbs 5:19
    
    
    
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      a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.

      
      
    
    
  • + - ~ Malachi 2:14,15
    
    
    
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      But you say, Why does he not? Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and let none of you be faithless to the wife of your youth.

      
      
  
  
• To dwell with them for life
  
  
  
  • + - ~ Genesis 2:24
    
    
    
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      Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

      
      
    
    
  • + - ~ Matthew 19:3-9
    
    
    
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      And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause? 4 He answered, Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. 7 They said to him, Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away? 8 He said to them, Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.

      
      
  
  
• To comfort them
  
  
  
  • + - ~ 1 Samuel 1:8
    
    
    
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      And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?

      
      
  
  
• To consult with them
  
  
  
  • + - ~ Genesis 31:4-7
    
    
    
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      So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was 5 and said to them, I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me. 6 You know that I have served your father with all my strength, 7 yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.

      
      
  
  
• Not to leave them, though unbelieving
  
  
  
  • + - ~ 1 Corinthians 7:11,12,14,16
    
    
    
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      (but if she does, she should remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband), and the husband should not divorce his wife. 12 To the rest I say (I, not the Lord) that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he should not divorce her.
      

      14 For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy.
      

      16 For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?